Patrick Odoyo Jabuya a suspected drug trafficker was arrested on Wednesday in voi possessing eleven sacks and more than 900 huge rolls of bhang in his car.
Odoyo en route to Mombasa from Nairobi was nabbed down at the Ikanga area of Voi. The police acting on a tip-off intercepted 327 Kgs of bhang estimated to have a street value of 9.8 million shillings in his Toyota Prado.
The 45-year-old suspect also had two sets of number plates that he probably used to avoid being flagged down. The car has been detained at Voi Police Station as the police plan to arraign the suspect in court.
Sacks and rolls of bhang nabbed at Voi by police. Image/X/DCI
The arrest comes days when there is a heated debate over the muguka ban in the coastal areas. Earlier this month Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir issued an executive order banning the sale, consumption, and transportation of the stimulant. The move was followed up with two coastal towns namely Kilifi and Taita Taveta banning the stimulant.
The decision from the three governors faced a backlash after President William Ruto rendered it null and void. Embu leaders had promised to challenge the decision in court claiming that Muguka is a cash crop in Kenya and banning it is illegal.
Toyota TX that was ferring bhang from Nairobi to Mombasa. Image/X/DCI